The Philadelphia Area Internship Program allows students to work 10 hours per week in public sector, private sector, or non-government organizations in the Philadelphia area and receive credit for an upper division course in Political Science and International Relations. The course fulfills the Writing Intensive Overlay of the GEP. Students may take the course a second time as an elective. Our program uniquely connects academics and professional life and has been highlighted in SJU Magazine. Graduates of this program have found work in the offices of Senators and mayors, financial and public relation firms, and not-for-profits. We take enormous pride in how our graduates “trade jobs” on our private Facebook site.

For students of all majors interested spending a semester or a summer in Washington, D.C., the University participates in The Washington Center (TWC) for Internships and Academic Programs. Saint Joseph’s University has sent more than 500 students to DC to participate in TWC’s various internship and seminar programs. Students who are selected as TWC participants spend a semester or a summer in our nation’s capital while earning SJU academic credit. Students work at one of several internship sites and take classes, specific to their major and professional field of interest. TWC students also participate in a Leadership Forum that prepares them for entering the workforce by assisting with resume building, networking venues, and interviewing skills.

Founded in 1975 as a nonprofit independent, experiential education organization, The Washington Center has over 50,000 alumni worldwide. It has educational partnerships with approximately 850 colleges and universities nationwide and throughout the world, and works with over 3,000 public, private, and non-profit organizations in the nation's capital.

Visit SJU’s Washington Center Program site for more information, or contact Dr.Becki Scola, SJU’s TWC Liaison, at bscola@sju.edu.